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About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 2015)
OPINION 6A Founded in 1873 STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager CARL EARL, Systems Manager JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager HEATHER RAMSDELL, Circulation Manager Water under the bridge Compiled by Bob Duke From the pages of Astoria’s daily newspapers 10 years ago this week — 2005 7ZRPRQWKVDJR0LWFK0LFKXPZDV¿UHG %XW)ULGD\WKHIRUPHU$VWRULDSXEOLFZRUNVGLUHFWRU¶VVWDWXVRI- ¿FLDOO\ FKDQJHG IURP ³¿UHG´ WR ³UHWLUHG´ 7KDW¶V WKH GD\ 0LWFKXP VLJQHGDVHSDUDWLRQDJUHHPHQWZLWKWKHFLW\RI$VWRULD ³$QROGVD\LQJJRHVµZKHQ\RXUHDFKDIRUNLQWKHURDGWDNHLW¶´ 0LWFKXPVDLGWRGD\LQDZULWWHQVWDWHPHQW³,EHOLHYH,¶YHUHDFKHG DIRUNLQWKHURDG7KHFLW\RI$VWRULDKDVGHFLGHGWRZLWKGUDZWKHLU GLVFLSOLQDU\WHUPLQDWLRQRIP\HPSOR\PHQW,KDYHGHFLGHGWRUHWLUH´ 0LWFKXPZURWH Appropriately damp weather greeted local citizens and tourists who came to get one last look at Fort Clatsop Sun- day before workers begin dismantling the charred struc- ture. Beginning Thursday the public was able to get a close- XSYLHZRIWKHIRUWZKLFKKDVEHHQRIIOLPLWVVLQFH¿UHGH- stroyed the replica Oct. 3. Crews were set to begin demol- ishing the building today. ,QREVHUYDQFHRIWKH/HZLVDQG&ODUN%LFHQWHQQLDOWKH:DVKLQJ- WRQ6WDWH7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ&RPPLVVLRQRQ:HGQHVGD\DSSURYHGDUHV- ROXWLRQUHQDPLQJWKH0HJOHU6DIHW\5HVW$UHDWR'LVPDO1LWFK6DIHW\ 5HVW$UHD 7KH WUDI¿F VLJQDO DW WKH 6DIHZD\ LQWHUVHFWLRQ RQ /LHI Erikson Drive won’t be ready for at least another three months, the Astoria City Council learned Monday night. Noting that the signal was supposed to have been opera- tional by Sept. 1, Mayor Willis Van Dusen said “We found out now we’re six months off the mark. I feel very disap- pointed about it.” 50 years ago — 1965 $FHUHPRQ\PDUNLQJ WKH HQG RI \HDUV RI WROO FROOHFWLRQV RQ WKH /RQJYLHZEULGJHDFURVV WKH &ROXPELD 5LYHU LV VFKHGXOHG IRU 7XHVGD\ E\ :DVKLQJWRQ *RY 'DQ (YDQV DQG *RY 0DUN2+DWILHOG 7KH WZR JRYHUQRUV SODQ WR EXLOG D ERQILUH RQ WKH PLGGOH RI WKH EULGJH WR EXUQ WKH ODVW UHYHQXH ERQGV IRU WKH VSDQ 7ZR ZRPHQ ZKR This map by the US Corps of Engineers ZHUHSUHVHQWDWGHGLFD- shows the apparent best route for a WLRQ FHUHPRQLHV ZKHQ proposed Columbia River-Puget Sound WKH EULGJH ZDV RSHQHG canal. WR WUDIILF LQ ZLOO DVVLVWDWWKHERQGEXUQLQJ Do we want federally-paid teachers here in Astoria? The 6000-teacher corps provided for, at a cost of $36 millions, in the aid-to-education legislation favored by 3UHVLGHQW/%-RKQVRQLVIRUSRYHUW\VWULFNHQDUHDV As we all here are aware, Sen. Wayne Morse has de- scribed Astoria as “the deepest pocket of poverty” in the United States. No doubt, if the teacher corps is established by Congress, we ought to be first in priority to have feder- ally paid teachers assigned to our school system. Republicans in Congress are viewing the teacher corps with alarm – justified, we believe – that filling our schools with federal employees will lead to federal control of local school affairs. Since Astoria presumably would be first in line in Ore- gon for teacher corps invasion, this problem ought to con- cern us considerably. 75 years ago — 1940 7KH)RUW6WHYHQVJDUULVRQRIWKHKDUERUGHIHQVHVRIWKH&ROXP- ELD 5LYHU IRXU \HDUV DJR DQ LPSRWHQW FROOHFWLRQ RI PHQ ZLOO VKRUWO\DWWDLQDWRWDORIWRFRDVWDUWLOOHU\PHQ²WKHJUHDW- HVWFRQFHQWUDWLRQRIPHQVLQFHWKHZDUWLPHGD\VRI 7KH0DF'RQDOG%XLOGLQJFRPSDQ\RI7DFRPD:DVKKDVVWDUW- HGLWVVXSHUFKDUJHGGD\FRQVWUXFWLRQSURJUDPRQEXLOGLQJV RQWKHRULJLQDO)RUW6WHYHQVSDUDGHJURXQGVWRKRXVHWKHWKUHJ- LPHQW RI FRDVW DUWLOOHU\ 7KH FRQWUDFW FDOOV IRU FRPSOHWLRQ RI WKH SURMHFW -DQXDU\ $W IXOO VWUHQJWK ZKHQ WKH UHJLPHQW LV PRYHG IURPLWVSUHVHQWTXDUWHUVDW&DPS&ODWVRSWKHWKZLOOKDYH PHQDQGRIILFHUV,WVSUHVHQWVWUHQJWKLVDERXWPHQDQG RIILFHUV United States naval planes and the destroyer tender that lay below Tongue Point for the past several days left this morning for unknown destinations. Name of the squadron of six planes and the tender were not made pub- lic nor was the purpose of their visit here. 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